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shadowsong

@shadowsinger.bsky.social

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Aspiring intersectional feminist, optimist misanthrope, lapsed historical fencer and costumer, avid SFF bibliophile, amateur calligrapher, cat person, PNW migrant.

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I think you need a wider nib! I'm a big fan of Pilot parallel pens and grid paper for learning broad pen calligraphy.

Insular mishmash calligraphy of a Mary Shelley quote that reads "I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine, and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other."

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Calligraphy practice for today.

Rhodia dotpad with calligraphy practice. At the top is the word "Solstice", written in Batarde script with a 6mm Pilot Parallel nib in an Opus 88 Demo body and teal FWP Edwards Gardens ink.

Below is a quote from Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day", as follows:
"And so the shortest day came and the year died, and everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world came people singing, dancing, to drive the dark away."
It is written in Insular mishmash script using a 2.4mm Pilot Parallel pen with teal Octopus Fluids Dragon ink.

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Calligraphy practice. Apparently two cartridge fills of Golden Beryl without rinsing the feed involves enough dried shimmer to clog a Pilot Parallel. I wasn't sure it was possible to clog one of those but now I know.

Rhodia dotpad with calligraphy. At the top, the word "Procrastination" is written in Batarde script using a 4.5mm Pilot Parallel pen with gold Pelikan Edelstein Golden Beryl ink.

Below is a quote by Robert Breault. It reads, "Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon." The quote is written in Insular mishmash script using a 3mm Pilot Parallel pen with purple Wearingeul Persephone ink.

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Calligraphy practice. "Existentialism" was too long a word to fit on one line with the 6mm nib, so I had to size down to a 4.5mm pen with the sadly discontinued Pelikan Edelstein Golden Beryl ink.

Rhodia dotpad with calligraphy writing.
The top line has a nib ladder followed by the word "Existentialism" written in Batarde script, using a 4.5mm Pilot Parallel pen and gold Pelikan Edelstein Golden Beryl ink.

Below is a quote from Jean Paul Sartre reading, "Life has no meaning a priori. It is up to you to give it meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose." it is written in Insular mishmash script using a 3mm Pilot Parallel pen and teal Wearingeul Persephone ink.

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Calligraphy practice. Took me a while to get a satisfactory N, and the Batarde s is just weird. Annnd I conflated the c and e in significance, dammit.

Rhodia dotpad with calligraphy. At the top is written "Nihilism" in Batarde script, using a 6mm Pilot Parallel nib in an Opus 88 Demo with teal FWP Edwards Gardens ink.

Below is a quote describing nihilism: "Strut, fret, and delude ourselves as we may, our lives are of no significane [sic] , and it is futile to seek or affirm meaning where none can be found." It is written in Insular mishmash script using a 3mm Pilot Parallel pen and purple Wearingeul Persephone ink.

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Calligraphy practice. I improvised on the long esses because I couldn't find an exemplar, and I ran out of room for the rest of the definition.

Rhodia dotpad with calligraphy writing.

At the top is "Depression", written in Batarde with 6mm Pilot Parallel nib in an Opus 88 Demo body and teal FWP Edwards Gardens ink. It has long esses for the double s.

Below is the beginning of the definition, written in Insular mishmash with a 3mm Pilot Parallel and purple Wearingeul Persephone ink. It reads "a mood disorder marked by varying degrees of sadness, despair, and loneliness and that is typically accompanied by inactivity, guilt, loss of..."

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

More calligraphy practice.

Rhodia dotpad with a row of majuscule E at the top and "Ennui" in the middle, both written in Batarde script with a 6mm Pilot Parallel nib in an Opus 88 Demo body and teal FWP Edwards Gardens ink.

Below that, the definition is written in Insular mishmash with a 3mm Pilot Parallel and purple Wearingeul Persephone ink:
"a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction"

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Calligraphy practice. I'm... not doing well.

Rhodia dotpad with a row of majuscule A practice at the top, and the word "Anhedonia" in the middle, both in Batarde script written with a 6mm Pilot Parallel nib in an Opus 88 Demo body and teal FWP Edwards Gardens ink.

At the bottom of the page is the definition, written in Insular mishmash script with a 3mm Parallel Pen and purple Wearingeul Persephone ink:
"a psychological condition characterized by inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts"

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shadowsong @shadowsinger.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Today's calligraphy practice is a blend of Italic and Cancellaresca Corsiva. I like the angle of the Cancellaresca, but apparently my hand prefers more upright forms. And that p is fun but doesn't really mesh with the rest of the letter forms.